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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

HENRY STENGEL, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK.

SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,487, dated May 24. 1857- i implication fnea March 4, 1887; serial No. 229,689. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY STENGEL, of

Yonkers, in the county of Vestchester and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Saddles, of which the following is a specification. My invention consists in a novel construction of certain parts of a saddle, and in anovel manner of combining these parts, so as to provlde for readily detaching them from each other in case it is desired to clean or renew the pads, and also providing a saddle which will be easy upon the back of a horse and will not gall or chafe him. These several features of construction and combination of parts are hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional View of a saddle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof. Fig. 3 1s a transverse section upon about the plane A indicated by the'dotted linear x, Fig. 2. Fig.

other parts; and Fig. 5

4 represents one of the pads detached from the is a side View of the saddle-tree alone.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A designates the body ofthe saddle-tree, which may be of wrought or malleable iron or other metal. r

B designates the flaps.

C designates the outer facing, which is co|nmonly of enameled or other ornamental leather; and D designates the pads of the saddle, through which it is supported upon the horses back. The pads D are of considerable width at their upper portions, and formed with fore and aft projections or wings, d d, which give them a broad bearing upon the horses' back, and the pads are preferably narrowed in width near theirlower portions, so as not to` make the saddle too eumbrous. The pads D are entirely separate from each other, and are separately secured to the saddle by screws, as I shall hereinafter describe, so as to provide for their ready detachment from the saddle without in anyway impairing it, and the pads are made wholly of flexible material. The pads D, being separate from each other, form between them a gap or clear space, d", which ubridges over the backbone of. the horse and avoids any bearing whatever upon the backbone.

The saddletree A is formed with fore and aft projections, s s', which give it a considerable width, and which enable it to properly support the pads D, having fore and aft projections, d d. The saddle-treeAhas, as here represented, a recess or channel, b, which eX- tends entirely across it,and in which the tngstraps E are supported, said straps being here represented as formed in a single piece extending entirely across the saddle. Upon each side of the channel or recess b are preferably formed slightly-raised ribs b', upon opposite sides of which fit the two portions of the fiap B, and the facing C overlies all the parts before described and forms the desired ornamental nish to the saddle. Beneath the saddle-tree A is the usual lining, b2, against which comes the inner leather or back, d, of the pad. The tree A is provided with holes b, through which are inserted screws c, which engage nuts c', and serve to secure the flaps Bin place upon the tree, and these screws c are covered and concealed by the facinglleather C, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In the tree A are also formed other holes, b", b5, and b, and the pads D have secured in them mits f, which receive screws ff2 and the screw-threaded shanksf3 of the terrets F. rlhe several screws ffZ and also the terrets are ornamentally nished, as they are exposed outside the facing C, and serve to secure the pads D in place in such manner as to provide for the ready detachment of the pads, and serve also to secure the facing leather C and hold the component parts of the saddle in proper fixed relation. By unscrewing the terrets F and the screws f f2, the pads D may bothbe entirely removed, and may be cleaned, repaired, or replaced by new pads.

It willtbe seen that by my invention Igproduce a saddle which has a very easy bearing upon the back of a horse and will not wear or chafc; also, that I secure'the several parts of the sad dle together in a manner which provides for their more easy detachment and attachment than heretofore.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is#

1. The combination of a saddletree hav ing the fore and aft projections, s s', the flaps B,

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Y gaging :nuts in the flexible back of the pads,n

and a facing, C, screws e, inserted through the flaps andtree beneath the facing, the pads having the fore and aft wings or projections, d d', and made separate from the other parts, the screws f', and the terrets having screwthreaded shanksfa, the screws f and f3 being inserted through the facing, and the screws f also through the flaps, and both engaging nuts in the pads, substantially as herein described.

2. The combination, with the saddle-tree and flaps B and a facing, C, secured on the outer side of the tree, cf pads formed wholly of ieXible material, made separate from the other parts,and secured to the saddle by screws inserted through the facing and tree and ensubstantially as herein described.

3. The combination, with the saddle-tree and its flaps B and the facing C, secured on the outer side of the tree, of pads D and terrets having inwardly-projecting shanks insorted through the facing and tree and engaging nuts in the pads, substantially as herein described.

4. The combination, with the saddle-tree and flaps and an outer facing, of screws passing through the tree for securing the iiaps thereto, and concealed by the outer facing, pads made separate from the flaps, and screws inserted through the outer facing and tree and engaging-nuts in the pads for securing the latter in place, substantiallyfas herein described.

5. The saddle-tree herein described, having the fore and aft projections, s s', the holes b for terret-screws, and the holes b bAt b5 for the reception of screws to secure the aps and pads in place, substantially as herein described.

HENRY STENGEL Witnesses:

FREDK.v HAYNEs, EMIL HERTER. 

